Jennerstown vs Somerset

A side-by-side comparison of Jennerstown and Somerset: population, income, housing, and more.

Jennerstown and Somerset are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Somerset has the higher population (5,984 vs 1,153 in Jennerstown). Jennerstown has the higher median household income ($61,410 vs $41,782 in Somerset). Jennerstown has the higher median home value ($192,400 vs $144,400 in Somerset).

Population, income & housing

	Jennerstown	Somerset
Population	1,153	5,984
Median age	43.9 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,410	$41,782
Median home value	$192,400	$144,400
Median gross rent	$872	$673
Housing units	371	3,201
Homeownership rate	84.1%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jennerstown	Somerset
Population	769 → 1,153 (+49.9%)	5,942 → 5,984 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$50,893 → $61,410 (+20.7%)	$37,675 → $41,782 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$144,900 → $192,400 (+32.8%)	$112,700 → $144,400 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $872 (-0.5%)	$535 → $673 (+25.8%)

Jennerstown

Population

7691,153

Median household income

$50,893$61,410

Median home value

$144,900$192,400

Median gross rent

$876$872

Somerset

Population

5,9425,984

Median household income

$37,675$41,782

Median home value

$112,700$144,400

Median gross rent

$535$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jennerstown	Somerset
Under 5	2.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	9.3%	11.2%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	26.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	7.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	8.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	9.3%
65 to 74	17.4%	16.3%
75 and over	8.3%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jennerstown	Somerset
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jennerstown	Somerset
No high school diploma	1.9%	13.8%
High school graduate	55.4%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jennerstown	Somerset
Drove alone	93.6%	73.0%
Carpooled	2.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	7.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jennerstown	Somerset
1-unit, detached	88.7%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	16.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Jennerstown	Somerset
Poverty rate	9.2%	19.5%
Average household size	3.38	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1966	1962